‘Asked Vinod Khanna to contest for Prime Minister’, shares Ananth Mahadevan: ‘He said it is a vicious game’

Recently, writer-director-actor Ananth Mahadevan recalled his bond with the star and shared an interesting anecdote with Siddharth Kannan. He said, after seeing his successful run in politics, he suggested him to run for the post of Prime Minister of India. But the actor refused.

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‘Asked him to stand for Prime Ministership’

Sharing his conversation with the actor, Ananth said, “Once I told him, ‘Sir, you should be standing for the Prime Ministership of this country. We don’t mind a good looking Prime Minister for a change. He said, ‘No Anant, you don’t know. it is a very vicious game. Not as simple as you think. Not as straight as you think. I am an MP from Punjab is fine, I am doing my job, but beyond that it’s not easy even though I am in that pole position.”

Sharing the depth of his bond with the actor, he revealed, “Till the time of his passing away, he used to send me very funny emails of jokes and anecdotes. We kept in touch for a long time.”

‘He has gone through a lot’

When asked to reveal the actor’s personality as a person, he said, “Vinod Khanna was not bindaas in any sense. But, neither he was a total introvert. If you spoke to him, he opened up. He spoke to you about several things. And if no one approached him, I still have an image of him standing in Film City, almost against the setting sun and the towering personality, almost I was standing now it was like a low angle shot, and this man is standing there and I realise that he has gone through a lot. He is seen a lot. Otherwise why would he want to work with a person like me?”